Alice Arlen

Screenwriter

Biography

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Journalist and author who made an impressive screenwriting debut as the co-author, with Nora Ephron, of "Silkwood" (1983), the film earned five Oscar nominations including best original screenplay.Arlen subsequently scripted Louis Malle's "Alamo Bay" (1985) and again collaborated with Ephron, as co-writer and co-executive producer, on Susan Seidelman's 1989 gangster comedy, "Cookie."...

Filmography

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Then She Found Me (2008)

The Weight of Water (2000)

Alamo Bay (1985)

Silkwood (1983)

A Shock to the System (1990)

Associate Producer

Photos & Videos

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Cookie (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Angelo And Vinnie Brought You?

Cookie (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Like We're A Normal Family

Family & Companions

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Michael Arlen

Husband

Writer. Has three children; four stepchildren.

Bibliography

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"Cissy Patterson"

Alice Arlen, Random House

Biography

Journalist and author who made an impressive screenwriting debut as the co-author, with Nora Ephron, of "Silkwood" (1983), the film earned five Oscar nominations including best original screenplay.

Arlen subsequently scripted Louis Malle's "Alamo Bay" (1985) and again collaborated with Ephron, as co-writer and co-executive producer, on Susan Seidelman's 1989 gangster comedy, "Cookie."

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Then She Found Me (2008)

The Weight of Water (2000)

Alamo Bay (1985)

Silkwood (1983)

Producer (Feature Film)

A Shock to the System (1990)

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Writer (Special)

Wildlife Adventures: Colorado River (1997)

Producer (Special)

Wildlife Adventures: Colorado River (1997)

Special Thanks (Special)

Wildlife Adventures: Colorado River (1997)

Writer (TV Mini-Series)

A Thief of Time (2003)

Life Events

1983

First feature film as co-writer (with Nora Ephron), "Silkwood"

1985

Solo feature screenwriting debut, Louis Malle's "Alamo Bay"

Photo Collections

A Foreign Affair - Publicity Art

A Foreign Affair - Publicity Art

Pygmalion - Movie Poster

Pygmalion - Movie Poster

Videos

Cookie (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Angelo And Vinnie Brought You? Director Susan Seidelman working on location in star Peter Falk’s home town (Sing Sing prison in Osinning, New York) for his first scene, as mobster Dino explaining to his very estranged daughter (Emily Lloyd, title character) why he sent his lawyers to her misdemeanor trial, Tony LaFortezza as goon Angelo, Thomas Quinn driving, in Cookie, 1989.

Cookie (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Like We're A Normal Family After 15 years hard time mobster Dino (Peter Falk) rejoins his nervous mistress Lenore (Dianne Wiest) and their troublesome daughter (Emily Lloyd, title character), in Cookie, 1989, directed by Susan Seidelman from the original script by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.

Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Le Boulevard Du Crime Restoration credits and the elaborate opening from Marcel Carne's epic historical-romance-comedy Children Of Paradise, 1945, starring Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcel Herrand and Pierre Brasseur, from an original screenplay by Carne and Jacques Prevert, produced during the Nazi occupation of France.

Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) I Only Talk About Other People's Deaths Jericho (Pierre Renoir), Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) and Silk-thread (Gaston Modot) are but a prelude to Larcenaire (Marcel Herrand) and Garance (Arletty), our for a philosophical evening in Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise, 1945.

Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) An Error Of Justice Still during the first scene on the "Boulevard of Crime," Garance (Arletty) sees the mime Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) for the first time, then is accused of a crime, in Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise, shot during the German occupation of France but released after the liberation, in 1945.

Nowhere To Go (1959) -- (Movie Clip) What Did The "P" Stand For? Following the slick opening in which an outside ally helped convict Greg (George Nader) break out of a London jail, he arrives at an unoccupied flat and begins a flashback featuring Harriet (Bessie Love), in Nowhere To Go, 1959, co-starring Maggie Smith.

Nowhere To Go (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Left For Tangier This is the first and unexpected appearance of Maggie Smith as "Bridget," legit girlfriend of the friend-of-a-friend's London flat in which fugitive convict Greg (George Nader), is holed up, employing his faked-disability trick sooner than he planned, in Nowhere To Go, 1959.

Etoile Sans Lumiere -- (Movie Clip) When Talking Movies Appeared Despairing silent movie star Stella Dora (Mila Parely) watching herself on-screen, her husband and chief promoter (Marcel Herrand) arriving, along with a discouraging announcement, opening director Marcel Blistene's Etoile Sans Lumiere (a.k.a. Star Without Light), 1946.

Etoile Sans Lumiere -- (Movie Clip) Go Ahead And Talk Silent star Dora (Mila Parely) at her old studio, encouraging talk that she's back to make talkies, as her secret voice double Madeleine (Edith Piaf) meets actor Gaston (Serge Reggiani) on a soundstage, in Marcel Blistene's Etoile Sans Lumiere (a.k.a. Star Without Light), 1946.

Companions

Michael Arlen

Husband

Writer. Has three children; four stepchildren.

Bibliography

"Cissy Patterson"

Alice Arlen, Random House

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